Hi all guy´s. I have installed in my 486 a USRobotic modem and I can talk with the modem from the TERM95 of the Norton Commander, ie I can initialize it, and read internal commands like &,D and S helps. But I really want is to plug a mike and a speaker in the plugs built in the modem, and use it as a telephone. Do I need a driver or a program to do it work, if it is possible? Which one? Very thanks. Best regards. If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong.

I assume you mean talking on the phone over the internet. There were handsets you could plug into the sound card as I had one several years ago. But there was a several second lag and it was like you were talking to someone on the moon. I imagine you could use the USR inputs instead of a sound card. I have the phone but no documentation or software. It has a label on it--riparius.com--and that site is still up. Also you could find more info by googling someething like "internet phone". A lot of the hits will be cell providers that have that service through wireless internet. But what you're looking for is older technology. I want a star too! "I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me!"

hello. i've been trying to find out more about voice-over-modem in various forms myself. the only thing i can think of is to tell modem "go offline": +++ (break-off timeout) which i'm sure you are aware of. Maybe there is a modem command to say "engage analog devices" (handset, mike, spkr plugged into the modem's jack). google like "hayes AT command set" and look for possibilities. my guess is, if modem has jacks for mike/spkr, it should have some command to allow those to operate over the open line. (ps: i have one modem that has those jacks but i believe it's not working properly).

Hi all. Thanks for the answers. I want to use (if it is possible) to speak over normal telephone line using the modem as a telephone, and an external speaker/microphone or a headset. At this house I do not have nor want to have internet. If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong.

That begs the question, why not just use a telephone? If you have no internet there is absolutely no benefit to rebuilding what Bell invented over 100 years ago. I have no doubt it can be done; it's just an exercise in futility. I want a star too! "I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me!"

What happen is that I want to experiment with this equipment. I also have a normal telephone with autoanswer, but I wanna to use it in order I have this modem ociosous since about a decade. It all soon. If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong.

You might check into quicklink by Smith Micro. They're not around anymore but I uploaded quicklink III here: http://members.driverguide.com/driv... I used to use the fax software to receive faxes in 3.1 and 98 but don't know if it'll work in dos. I never used their message center software but it may contain what you need.. I think all you basically need is dos dialing software. I imagine the mic and speaker inputs will work once a number is dialed. Most modems came with additioinal software that may have included dialing software especially those modems that came out before expanded OS support for online communications. You may want to google something like dos "dialing software". When I get around to it I'll look through some of the old modem disks I have and see what's on them I want a star too! "I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me!"